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The season is cancelled and #MLB is making it as difficult as possible for #MiLB owners, employees, players and even fans to get through this period of challenge, economic duress, and job loss... https://twitter.com/baseballamerica/status/1278037818711908352
...How do you borrow, or make a capital call, or do what’s necessary to survive until #baseball is back WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’s AHEAD. The use of leverage, made greater by #COVID19, to break the backs and spirit of the #minorleagues is unconscionable...
...EVERY SINGLE person who works for my two teams loves baseball, including all being furloughed or layed off. Same is true of all the employees of the 40+ teams that have been executed, without any definitive compensation, in the middle of a damn pandemic! Same is true of the...
... 1000 cut minor league players and all those undrafted in a 5 rd draft. Does #Manfred love baseball? It’s hard to tell. I’m known for working in #boxing; baseball USED TO BE my safe place. I have seen more empathy, compassion, humanity and decency in #boxing, a sport with...
... no commissioner or real governance, than I have seen from @MLB since the onset of these troubled times. That’s pathetic. Today we lost a season through the fault of no one, but all that is ahead for those who love #MiLB is short term PAIN and long term uncertainty...
... That’s just how Rob Manfred and the billionaire boys club wants it. Just take a look at how the negotiations went with the @MLB_PLAYERS. Zebras don’t change their spots; neither do cobras. It’s funny, but for the majority of my nearly 20 yrs as a minor league owner, I ...
... bought into the “we’re a big #baseball family” line. About a year ago we found out that @MLB viewed us as disposable stepchildren, and it’s only gotten worse since. It’s so sad because the minor leagues are the heart and soul of small town baseball and a great marketing...
... tool for the big league clubs. We are hometown baseball, we SERVE our communities, and we grow fans. Why do countless millions of Americans see that, while @MLB seems oblivious. I love baseball, but that love is being squeezed out of me. Please help save the minors...
... To those who are probably pissed off by this thread, I’m not looking to fight or litigate. Don’t these crazy times call for kindness, collaboration, and consideration more than leverage, rancor and greed? Let’s solve the #MLB/ #MiLB issues in a human and humane way, ASAP.
